Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
2 | And sometimes non-standard discount is given , a pig to deal with on the old system , but if you could add one extra input box on that screen there … |
3 | This equable climate has long appealed to people from northern Europe ( especially the United Kingdom ) as a place to escape to from the rigours of a cold winter . |
4 | Well he had a job to go to in the council too really . |
5 | Dickins had had nothing more than a back pass and a free-kick to deal with in the first 30 minutes but showed signs of nervousness when Bull challenged for a Birch free-kick . |
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7 | As I said I 'll be having quite a lot to say about in the lectures , so we 'll just regard this class as a kind of prelude to that . |